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Child Allowance (Fees) Regulations 2004 - Child Allowance (Fees) Regulations 2004

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CHILD ALLOWANCE (FEES) REGULATIONS 2004

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Child Allowance (Fees) Regulations 2004

PURSUANT to Section 4 of the Child Allowance Act 1995, Cabinet makes the following regulations:

1. Short Title and Commencement

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Child Allowance (Fees) Regulations 2004.

(2) These Regulations are deemed to have entered into force on 1st July 2004.

2. Interpretation

(1) Expressions in these Regulations have the same meaning as they have in the Child Allowance Act 1995.

(2) In these Regulations, "Act" means the Child Allowance Act 1995.

3. Rate of Child Allowance

(1) The rate of child allowance payable under section 4 of the Act shall be;

(a) $100 grant for every newborn child to a non-public servant mother; and

(b) $340 per annum for every qualifying child

(2) Child allowance is payable in accordance with the Act in respect of each child who on 1 January of that year was a qualifying child or becomes a qualifying child on or before the 30 June of that year.

4. Payment of Child Allowance

(1) Child allowance is payable;

(a) Once for a newborn child to a non-public servant mother shortly after giving birth; and

(b) in advance by equal payments on a quarterly basis or on the day which is one week before the first day of each school term in a year.

(2) Where, in accordance with regulation 4(1) (b), a child becomes a qualifying child on or before the 30 June in a year any unpaid child allowance payable in respect of that child for that year is to be paid on the next day of child allowance.

5. Revocations

(1) The Child Allowance Regulations (No. 1) 1998 are hereby revoked.

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